Mattie couldn’t see past her Mother’s faults, her heavy addiction, the fact that she was hardly around for both girls, but Sadie always wanted what is best for Mattie!Īll throughout this book, which was BRILLIANTLY weaved in dual storytelling format, firstly as podcast episodes, conveying Sadie’s disappearance as radio personality West McCray tries to find her, after May Beth seeks him out, to Sadie’s own point of view chapters in between the episodes.
May Beth loved Sadie with every ounce of her being, showing her the nurture that Claire (Sadie and Mattie’s mum) neglected to provide Sadie.Ĭlaire had no trouble loving Mattie though, and this causes grief for Sadie. See, May Beth came into Sadie and Mattie’s life from a promise to her own daughter on her deathbed, to look after her best friend and her daughter, Sadie (this was pre Mattie, of course). Mattie, slain too soon, causing Sadie to seek vengeance, fleeing her home and the one that cares about her the most, May Beth Foster, Sadie’s guardian. From Sadie, grieving and how she chooses to cope with her grief, having lost her one anchor in this world, her beloved baby sister who she would do anything for. This book was honestly so raw in its portrayal of emotions, in so many ways and senses. It brings us together and it can just as easily drive us apart.’ It can inspire selflessness, selfishness, our greatest accomplishments and our hardest mistakes. In Mattie, Sadie found a sense of purpose, a place to put her love. Twenty years ago, she was born and placed in her mother’s arms, and six years after that her sister Mattie was placed in hers, and her whole world came alive. ‘ I never got to meet Sadie Hunter, but I feel in some small though significant way, I’ve gotten to know her. Sadie is propulsive and harrowing and will keep you riveted until the last page.Ĭopy of Sadie provided by Pan Macmillan Australia in exchange for an honest review, all thoughts are my own. He starts his own podcast as he tracks Sadie’s journey, trying to figure out what happened, hoping to find her before it’s too late.Ĭourtney Summers has written the breakout book of her career. When West McCray-a radio personality working on a segment about small, forgotten towns in America-overhears Sadie’s story at a local gas station, he becomes obsessed with finding the missing girl. After a somewhat botched police investigation, Sadie is determined to bring her sister’s killer to justice and hits the road following a few meager clues to find him.
Growing up on her own, she’s been raising her sister Mattie in an isolated small town, trying her best to provide a normal life and keep their heads above water.īut when Mattie is found dead, Sadie’s entire world crumbles. Published in Paperback in 2019 by St Martin’s PressĪ missing girl on a journey of revenge and a Serial-like podcast following the clues she’s left behind.
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